Ukrainian songs – 03 – Ukrainian folk song. Розпрягайте, хлопці, коні

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Song: Розпряга́йте, хло́пці, ко́ні | hey lads, unharness the horses

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This Ukrainian folk song was written in the XIX century. It became widely known thanks to the Soviet musical “Tractor Drivers” released in 1939. The song is about a Cossack who is trying to set up an encounter with a girl that he likes in a cherry garden.

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Ukrainian lyrics and English translation

Розпряга́йте, хло́пці, ко́ні
Hey lads, unharness the horses
Розпряга́йте, хло́пці, ко́ні,
Та й ляга́йте спочива́ть,
А я пі́ду в сад зеле́ний
Та й крини́ченьку копа́ть.
Hey lads, unharness the horses
And lie down to sleep
And I will go to the green garden
To dig a well
Мару́ся, раз, два, три, кали́на,
Чо́рнявая дівчи́на в саду́ я́годи рвала́.
Мару́ся, раз, два, три, кали́на,
Чо́рнявая дівчи́на в саду́ я́годи рвала́.
Marusia, one, two, three, red berries,
A black haired girl was picking berries in the garden
Marusia, one, two, three, red berries,
A black haired girl was picking berries in the garden.
Ко́пав, ко́пав криниче́ньку
У вишне́вому саду́.
Чи не ви́йде дівчино́нька
Ра́но вра́нці по воду́?
I was digging, diggin a well
In the cherry garden
To see if the girl will go out
For water early in the morning.
Мару́ся, раз, два, три, кали́на,
Чо́рнявая дівчи́на в саду́ я́годи рвала́.
Мару́ся, раз, два, три, кали́на,
Чо́рнявая дівчи́на в саду́ я́годи рвала́.
Marusia, one, two, three, red berries,
A black haired girl was picking berries in the garden
Marusia, one, two, three, red berries,
A black haired girl was picking berries in the garden.
Ви́йшла, ви́йшла дівчино́нька
В сад вишне́вий во́ду брать,
А за не́ю козаче́нько
Ве́де ко́ня напува́ть.
The girl has come out, she has come out
To the cherry garden to take water
And a Cossack follows her
Taking his horse to drink.
Мару́ся, раз, два, три, кали́на,
Чо́рнявая дівчи́на в саду́ я́годи рвала́.
Мару́ся, раз, два, три, кали́на,
Чо́рнявая дівчи́на в саду́ я́годи рвала́.
Marusia, one, two, three, red berries,
A black haired girl was picking berries in the garden
Marusia, one, two, three, red berries,
A black haired girl was picking berries in the garden.
Про́сив, про́сив відере́чка
Вона́ йому́ не дала́,
Да́рив, да́рив з руки́ пе́рстень
Вона́ його́ не взяла́.
He would ask, he would ask for a bucket She didn’t give it to him
He would give a ring from his own hand
She didn’t take it.
Мару́ся, раз, два, три, кали́на,
Чо́рнявая дівчи́на в саду́ я́годи рвала́.
Мару́ся, раз, два, три, кали́на,
Чо́рнявая дівчи́на в саду́ я́годи рвала́.
Marusia, one, two, three, red berries,
A black haired girl was picking berries in the garden
Marusia, one, two, three, red berries,
A black haired girl was picking berries in the garden.
Зна́ю, зна́ю, дівчино́нько,
Чим тебе́ я розгніви́в:
Що я вчо́ра ізвечо́ра
І з друго́ю говори́в.
I know, I know, girl
How I got you angry:
Because yesterday in the evening
I was talking to another girl.
Мару́ся, раз, два, три, кали́на,
Чо́рнявая дівчи́на в саду́ я́годи рвала́.
Мару́ся, раз, два, три, кали́на,
Чо́рнявая дівчи́на в саду́ я́годи рвала́.
Marusia, one, two, three, red berries,
A black haired girl was picking berries in the garden
Marusia, one, two, three, red berries,
A black haired girl was picking berries in the garden.
Во́на ро́стом невели́чка,
Ще й літа́ми молода́,
Ру́са ко́са до поя́са,
В ко́сі стрі́чка голуба́.
“She is not tall,
And she is still young,
She has a blond braid that reaches her waist,
In the braid, there is a blue ribbon.
Мару́ся, раз, два, три, кали́на,
Чо́рнявая дівчи́на в саду́ я́годи рвала́.
Мару́ся, раз, два, три, кали́на,
Чо́рнявая дівчи́на в саду́ я́годи рвала́.
Marusia, one, two, three, red berries,
A black haired girl was picking berries in the garden
Marusia, one, two, three, red berries,
A black haired girl was picking berries in the garden.
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